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Cjjt SSalcJmian anb $out|)t or, " Witmaii and Saturn?*. ?BY? PUBLISHING COMPANY. tUMTSR, & a ?LM nee Mam t? advaoca. ?rot ineartion.ti.oo Mboeoueut Insertion.10 for throe month*, or 0) sand* At reduced roten, unload one which sub prtrata mteteoto will bo char**) i sdrsttlaeanoata, ut tribute* of reop^Ci. iter Watchman woo foutifl? at as loot and the Tree do ?thron tn It to. The Watchman and Booth r on new hoe the combined eireolotion end ?to?ii of both of the old papers, had te aaeutfestly the boot advertising anedfnss la hum tar. ?P^OWPffff!??._ The membership committee of the Chsmber of Commerce haa started n canvass of the business men of the city to obtain renewals of old mem? berships and to enroll new members in the organization. The Chamber of Commerce cannot be maintained without an assured Income sufficient to pay the necessary expenses, and there are certain fixed charges that cannot bo reduced below a certain point. The only sou reo of income is the voluntary eubacriptions of those business men of Sumter who believe that the Interests of the city require an organisation that will represent them and do the Work for the develop? ment of community that they cannot do Individually. The need of a com? mercial organisation is so self-evi? dent thst there is no ground for rea oonabls argument sgalnst the propo? sition. Its sphere of usefulness and influence, Its opportunity and its duty are well defined and the experience of years proves conclusively that a commercial organisation Is an essen Mal supplement to a progressive and trowing commmercial community. A community thst is dead commercially, or is retrograding, in other respects, will not admit the need of an o , .n isatlon and may be so far gone as to refuse to make any effort to have or maintain It, but Sumter is neither dead nor dying commercially, and the Indifference occasionally exhibited to the welfare of the Chamber of Commerce see ma to be due largely, to b?ng of satisfaction with condl ? nd that it is well to let well OBOSjffia ilone* with every man looking out for himself,?end incidentally-*^^ Ing membership dues to Chamber of Commerce. Fortunately thejLls na active antagonism to a commeroapjtor ganisatlon and the incorrlglble^M| wodo ore In a minority In the com? munity, therefore the indifference that has gradually grown um can be ?radicated und a feeling of inter? est snd co-operation will take its place. If the merchants, tanks, and other individuals and corporation* whoso busineao health ai.d develop? ment are dependent upon the growth and proaperlty of the community as a whole, will but give the matter a little thought and take a broad-mind ed snd liberal Instead of a narrow and selfish view of the matter. If Sumter la to have a Chamber of Com meres It should be properly support ed and placed on a dignified and sub stantlal basis. Ths organization should not be treated as a poor relative or mendicant that cannot be dodged If It has sny right to exist, and all agree that It Is a necessary sdjunct to the business community, it merits a proper und regular support. The Chamber of Commerce Is aupposed to be the representative of the best of the community and unless it can be so treated and so supported it ahould be abolished forthwith and the pre? tense of maintaining an organization abandoned. The result of the can vaas of the membership committee will reveal the aentiment of the bus lnesa men of Sumter aa to this point. Wtsacky News Notes. Wiaacky. Jan. 23.?Very little work haa been done on tbo fat in on ac? count of the dreadful weather. The oat and whoat crop promises to be good In this section. There seems to be a scarcity of hv , bor hers. A good many farmers are' short of hands. There has little work been done In the gardens, as it continues ao wet. Mlaa Clark of Oswego spent the week-end with Miss Marguerite Scott. Allen-Anderson. A wedding of much Interest to many friends was that of Miss Janle Allen snd Mr. Chas Anderson. The ceremony took place at I:SI o'clock at the First Baptist parson ige, Kev. W. E. Thayer officiating. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson left 00 the evening train for St. Charles, where they will spend s few days with the parents of the groom, before going to Elmire. N. Y., their future home. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson have many frlsnda In Sumter who wiah for them a bright and prosperous future. STARCH FROM POTATOES. CLEMSON AND FEDERAL AGEN? CIES PROPOSE PLANT FOR STATE. Industrial Chemists Meet Farmers ami Business Men in Columbia Next Monday?Project Already Tried Out but on Small Scale. Columbia, Jan. 25.-The exten? sion division of Clemson college in cooperation with the United State? de? partment of agriculture has been working for some time on the prob? lem of finding markets for the differ? ent agricultural products of the State, realising that it it* absolutely neces? sary to create greater markets if tho farmer la to practice diversification. This was the object in urging the es? tablishment of tho packing houses at Orangeburg and Greenville, to provide a market for hogs and beef cattle' and Indirectly for surplus hay an.1 j grain. The establishment of tho J cream routes was to develop the dairying industry. The creation of a market for sweet potatoes, that would Justify the farm? er in planting a large acreage, lias been more or less perplexing, as tho transportation of sweet potatoes to (he Northern markets is a hazardous undertaking. Clemson college some years ago, under the direction of the late M. 1). Hardin, one of the foremost chemists in the country, took up the problem of working out the manufacturing of starch from sweet potatoes and Dr. Hardin was ably assisted by Prof. C. C. McDonnell, now In the bureau of chemistry of tho United States de? partment of agriculture, the late Prof. F. 8. Shiver and later on by Prof. T. E. Keitt, chemist of Clemson college. These chemists worked on this prob? lem from tho laboratory end and in order to establish the practicability oi utilising sweet potatoes for the man? ufacture of starch, a small plant wai established at Clemson College, through the cooperation of B. Hem? mers & Sons, chemical and consulting engineers of Philadelphia. The starch from the sweet potatoes was used n some of the cotton mills of the State. The experiments by the mills proved very satisfactory. The movement for a starch mill has now been revived by W. W. Long, director of the farm demonstration farces, and, a series oi conferences with business men has been arranged for the building up of the new Indus? try in South Carolina. A conference will be held In Co? lumbia TTfcxt Monday, when the matter of erecting a eweet potato starch mill will be discussed. B. Rommers, con? sulting chemist, of Philadelphia, has been Invited to attend the confer? ence. "In bringing this r ?osltlon be? fore the business men ot the State," said Mr. Long yesterday, "I want mv position clearly understood, that from the laboratory and scientific end tho matter of producing starch from sweet potatoes has been clearly dem? onstrated. Prof. T. E. Keitt, chem? ist of the South Carolina experiment station, and Mr. B. Remmers, chemi? cal and consulting engineer of Phil? adelphia, will attend the different meetings that we propose to hold in the Stato and In conference with the business men, when the question of the advisability and feasibility of es? tablishing starch factories will be taken up and discussed. These gentle? men will throw light on every angle and it will rest with the business men to determine whether the profits that might be expected from the en? terprise would Justify them in erect? ing a plant and whether they would be able to pay the farmer a price for his potatoes that would justify his grow? ing them." The confeiv.'ue next Monday will be held at the Jefferson hotel. Busi? ness men of Columbia are invited. Conferences will also be held In Sum? ter, Darlington and other points. Starch made from sweet potato's was tested by several mills In 190G. Ellison A. Smyth, president of the Pelzer Manufacturing company, wrote nt that time: "Would say we have made the experiment with the potato starch you sent us and it gave good satisfaction, and our people prefer it to the corn starch we have been I using." A. P. P argons, now of Fort Motto, was one of the originators of the prop? osition of working out starch from sweet ptatoes und he became an much interested that several meeting! were held at Summerton in refer l ence to the matter. Arrested for Enticing Laborers. A white man, giving his name as J. A. Hamilton, and who has been seen in Manning several times lately, was arrested by Deputy Bherlff Thames and Kurnl Policeman Pea one day last week i nil placed in Jail, charged with inducing labor to BO '" Oeorgla. This Is against the laws of South Carolina ami Mr. Hamilton Will have to face a jury at our next court or forfeit his bond of $r?00, which he put up on last Monday and was I released. ?Manning Times. STICK TO SEA ISLAND COTTON WORSIfAM GIVES ADVICE TO COAST FARMERS. Long StupZe Can be Grown as Well as Short, Georgia Entomologist Says. Valdosta, Ga., Jan. 24.?E. U Wor ?ham, Georgia State entomologist, told the convention of sea island cotton* growers here today that long staple cotton could be raised in spito of the boll weevil and those who advocate the abandonment of sea island cot? ton in favor of short staple were ad? vocating disaster. Delegates to the convention, which opened today, in? cluded sea island planters from Geor? gia, Florida and South Carolina. Mr. Worsham admitted that condi? tions favorable to the growing of sea island cotton were more favorable to the boll weevil than were conditions under which short staple is grown. He said, however, that varieties of long staple at the Georgia experiment sta? tion near here had proved that the weevil could be combated. "However," he said, "the day of overproduction in cotton is past both in long and short staple. Hereafter the Southern farmer must raise more foodstuffs." W. D. Price of the United States bureau of entomology declared that the boll weevil is '"the great economic problem of the age. and already had caused the largest financial loss of any insect pest in the world." DRAINAGE SURVEYS AT SALEM. Government Engineer Completes One Assignment at Sumter and Begins Another. . Salem, Black River, Jan. 24.'?8. W. Frescola, drainage engineer of the United States department of rural engineering and good roads, finished the field work of the Dabbs-McBridc drainage area Monday. Today he began the survey of 2,000 acres: adjoining the above trt.ct of Col. K. M. Cooper. There are other tracts that the owners are planning to have him survey. But as permission har to be secured from the office W Washington and these requests are handled in turn, and then only for porsons or associations that contem plate going to work right after the survey is completed and the maps made, some of the requests may n'oi be granted at once. 1 None of these lands are in Blae)' River swamp, but are flat pine lands lying on the watershed between Black River and Pudding swamp, that have been considered difficult to drain for lack of fall. This survey has shown that there is from 10 to 16 feet fall to the mile, and tha' drainage is merely the matter bl properly locating the ditches which do not need to be expensive canah exce* in two parts of the district Th ojtal cost will be a large sum o! money but the cost per acre will b< low when handled this way as a sys? tem. OLANTA CHILD DIES. Olanta, Jan. 3.?As a result 01 drinking concentrated lye about a year ago the three year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Sammle Mouzon died Friday night. The funeral services were conducted by the Rev. D. M. Clark, and the remains were laid tc rest, in the Mouxon cemetery Satur? day afternoon. Sumter Wins Football Over Oswego. The Sumter junior football team salbed forth to win laurels on the athletic fields at Oswego. The game was entered into with enthusiasm on both sides, and the coach says of IAV boys: "They are a manly lot. No one lost his temper and not an ugly word was heard." Altogether it was an en? joyable time for all. Albert Alderman was the star light of Sumter, making an end run, fol? lowed by his interference, Lebhy. which won the game for Sumter. He is worthy of any team, even one ol larger boys. Cato played fine in th> back field, while Wadford played an excellent tackle. Lobby also pic yea a splendid fullback. Thomas Kinaro was the star for Oswego. The score was 24 to 18 in favor of Sumter. Referee, MoLood, Quail Eat 27 Weevils. Recently a hunter in south Georgia, after killing a partridge, decided to find out if the bird really did eat the boll weevil. On dissecting the bird, he found it hud recently eaten no les' than 27 fully developed weevils. If these boll weevils had not been killed by next year they would have multiplied into many thousands to de? stroy the cotton crop. In Texas it is said to be a common sight to see a cotton field almost oov ( rod by large droves of partridges, doves and ?Uber birds busily engaged in eating the boll weevils as the hot sun causes them to drop from tin cotton plant which they had rulnejfl. In that section which has experienced the ravishes of the weevil it is con? sidered almost a crime to hunt birds, ?GatTney Ledger. INVESTIGATE COTTON SLUMP. DEPARTMENT of JUSTICE takes over complaints. Men in Blunter and Charleston Urge Steps to Uncover Any Illegal Man? ipulation. Washington, Jan. 24.?It is under? stood that the department of justice will take a hand in investigating the manipulation of cotton contracts. Recently cotton factor* of Charles? ton, Sumter and other points have communicated by wire with Repre? sentatives Lever and Whaley relative to the recent slump in the price of future contracts in New York and New Orleans, alleging that this slump has been due to manipulation of contracts. An investigation by a congressional committee was sug? gested. Representatives Lever and Whaley have conferred With representatives and senators from other cotton pro? ducing States and have gone into the situation very carefully themselves and they have determined in their own min is that a congressional in? vestigation begun at this late day of the short session, with leal than five weeks more of the session and With a crowded calendar in both houses, could not possibly bring any effect? ive results. The inquiry to be worth anything would require more time than is possibly available between now and March 4 and since this congress dies on March 4, whatever work may have been done and left uncompleted would in a measure be ! wasted. They have, therefore, de? cided that if there is any conspiracy to depress the price of cotton, as some of the telegrams allege and M the sudden decline might indicate, Such a conspiracy should be handled by the department of justice and the ' conspirators indicted under the terms of the Sherman anti-trust law. The telegrams, letters and other communications in the hands of Messrs. Lever and Whaley have been turned over to the attorney general with the request that he make a thorough and searching investigation under the authority of tew. News and Views of Pisgah. Pisgah, Jan. 22.?We still live, have plenty to eat, good health, plenty of Wood, nice water and good credit, and with this people are dissatisfied, want? ing more money, more pleasure, less work, ahd less interest in religious matters. Like England, they want the world and, arc unhappy be ause they can't get it to frolic and fuss over. In the memory of tho writer people' have greatly changed in many ways, largely for the w orse, and no better j sign than in things pertaining to a higher life. Florida last year in politics won't be a mite to what it will be next year here. Judging from the mutterings of the coming storm, whose dark cloud is rapidly rising. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Henry Pee? bles and Mrs. Frank Peebles of Lee county s]>ent yesterday with the fam? ily of Rev. J. W. Kenney. Alvln and Raymond Stuckey of Stateburg spent Sunday with their brother Leon here. The Kershaw association is having a Sunday school meeting at the Cam den Baptist church this week. Lec? tures will be delivered by Messrs. Watts and Leaville, great Sunday school workers. The executive board of the association meets this day Jo prorate the amount asked among the churches. i I _'_ Dixie Electric Company Chartered. I Columbia, Jan. 24.?The Dixie I Electric company of Sumter has been chartered With a capital of $3,000. j The officers are: Young Bhaokleford, j president and B. C. Wallace, Jr., sec I retary and treasurer. The Summerton Grocery company has been commissioned with a capi? tal of $2,000. The petitioners are: B. A. Coskrey and s. M. Dingle. Mr. J. E. R. Goodman, who has been in Columbia for several jweeks, today moved his family to that place, which will he their future home. WANTED?Canvasser to sell sowing machines and collect In Re)mhe"t section of county. For particulars write Singer Sewing Machine Com? pany, 35 South Main Street, Sum? ter, ?s. C. C. A. Blanton, Manager. free sample?Large papcr-sftoll pecans. Landowners, write for sample nuts and prices of trees to? day. Southern Nut Tree Nurseries, Thomasville, Oa. ,--. Geo H. Hurst, Hamas m Esbttner. ?r?mpt Attention te Dey m Night Call? MIO. Cralg Old Stand. n. Buir, t nonet niimzoi TENNESSEE MULES Our Mr. Blandina has just returned from the market where he purchased a nice well selected lot of Tennessee Mules, which wc no w have on hand; also one fine Brood Marc. Our males are well broken and suited for general purposes. Come and see them now before they are picked over. KI1I6 LIVE At Epperson's Old ' tables Opposite Court House Sumter's Bank for Savers Every requirement of a safe, efficieot de? positors for savings is fully met by the National Bank of Suniter. Absolute security is combined with the highest rate of interest consistent with perfect safety. Promptness and covrtesy are important features of our service. All are welcome. Call and open an ac- J? count today. I The National B.ink of Sumter. THIS BANK l.? C-IIIIM ? ? HTV?q??i^??? Gives a dollar's worth of real service for every dollar deposited here. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SUMTER. The Oldest Banking Ins+itution in the County ?????<???????????????: I GaspariJla Carnival | TAMPA, FLA. 0 ?? Round Trip Fars From SUMTER $17.40 For this occasion which will he filled with fun and frolic, and j lasting from February 2nd to 10th, tickets will bo sold to Tam ? po i?n<i roturn as shown abo'e ' y 1 ATLANTIC COAST LINE \ \ The Standard Railroad of The South If JANUARY 31st to FEBRUARY 5th Inclusive. Until l returning until midnight of February 50th, hut may he o extended to March 3rd by depositing with City Ticket Agent at 0> Tampa, under prescribed rules, and upon payment of $1.00. 2 Proportionate fares from intermediate stations. Children half fare. LIBER AI, ST OP-OVER PRIVILEGES For further particulars, schedules, sleeping car reservation, etc., call on O. V. PLAYER, Ticket Agent, Sumter, S. C. o??a???ooo?oooo?o????o?#?o?of ooaaiitf immimmmj